The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-05-06
THE STATE.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY.

CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
There have been shipped from steep Fails
of the crop of 1886, 7434 barrels OF apples.
FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Father Hurley of the Catholic church in
Pennington had serious time while on his
mission route Saturday. lie started Tor
IiyermOre Falls in the afternoon ana found
the roads in fearful condition. At one
place he had to unharness MS morse ana lead
1t through the water and then fasten the
animal to tree while he went back and
dragged his team across. Coming home Sun
dav he was Obliged to travel over two miles
ON the railroad track, the logs, bitches,
water. ETC., rendering the roads impossible.
He drove through water knee deep In many
places.
In the oven of E. K. Delano's bakery in
Pennington on the night of the great fire.
were about one hundred loaves of brown
bread. which were baking for his customers
between Pennington and Livermore Falls.
The ruins of his bakery covered up the oven
so that he was unable TO get at IL till Saturday
last All the tin pots were found intact
Though somewhat rusty from age and with
covers on On opening the pots the loaves
were found inside them, but the extreme
heat they had passed through had shrunk
the loayes to about half the usual size.
KENNEBEC COUNTY.
Three years ago Hon. John Ware of
| Waterville made an Investment Of $4,000 in
real estate in Duluth. This week Mr.. Ware
sold his property for $4,000.
A pauper bill recently came to the State
| House from one of the back towns which
was thirty-one feet long and written so
closely that there were frequently three
items on line.
The state Board of Health has received
circulars from the Board of Cattle Commits
sioners of New Hampshire announcing
quarantine against Massachusetts and New
| YORK cattle.
| A number of the men at the Soldiers Ma
| tiOnal Home are obtaining their discharge
by order of the doctors, as they think they
are able to make living for themselves OUT
side the Home.
PENoBscoT COUNTY.
J.. NJ. Fogg of Hampden has begun the ex-
| pertinent of oyster farming in the Penobscot
| river and bay. He has lately planted fifty
barrels of the bivalves at Sandy Point and
Castine. The beds are properly marked
with buoys and are under the care of the
owners Of the adjacent shores, and it is
earnestly hoped that all persons will refrain
from inJuring or disturbing these beds, so
that the experiment may have fair trial.
There is a State law protecting oyster beds.
Mr.. Foggs says he can tell in a year whether
the oysters will breed here or not; if they do
he will put in more
There will be competitive drill between
the two companies at the Maine State Col
lege, this year at Commencement, instead of
| the customary exhibition drill The winner
will take the honors for the following year,
as the color company.
WALDO COUNTY
The Fort Point House at Stockton will be
known in the future as 1.-THE Woodcliff.' p
Finely COTTON up pamphlets, which show the
| advantages in situation and surroundings
and also the conveniences of the hotel itself,
are being sent out. Mr.. e. S. Douglass of
Boston, will have charge of the hotel the
coming season.
The name of the cycle organization in Bel
fast is Waldo County Wheelmen.
Brooks proposes to have a trotting park
with half mile track, and has raised nearly
$1,000 for that purpose.
YORK COUNTY.
The Thermometer registered SO in the shade
at Limington Wednesday.
Fred p, only son of Leonard j. and Alme-
da Strout of Limington departed this life on
the Sd inst. He had prepared himself for a
college course. but had put off entering on
account of i'll health hoping that in short
time he might improve so as to carry out his
anticipation, when he was suddenly stricken
down by fatal disease. The funeral takes
place this afternoon.
IN GENERAL.
Commissioner Stilwell of Bangor is going
to Sebago Lake, where, with Commissioner
Stanley, he will inspect the 100000 landlocked
salmon which they have there for distribu-
ton. These fish will be worth something in
a few years from now, and the commits.
sioners are giving them the closest attention